Hello,

I have been quite busy lately creating work for my degree and work for The Lincoln Christmas Market. A lot of ideas have come from the walk I did and I have been especially looking at my line-based compositions. These small black and white drawings show my observational studies and the descriptive quality in the land. They are intermit and have a personal quality to them.

In the black and white sketches I was interested in layering them on top of each other so that you can see different perspectives and marks. I choose to use tracing paper as a starting point because of its transparent medium. When the A4 paper was folded into long landscape concertina I was able to flatten the tracing paper (through a press) and create a drawing which encompassed five sketches. I found this process interesting, but want to explore this layering further.

I then made the same product out of resin. The finished product felt incomplete and wasn’t portraying what I intended. So I moved into glass work, which gave me some exciting outcomes. I did a number of these to sell for the Christmas Market taking place from the 6th – 9th December. The black and white glass works have the most potential as they amplify the different marks on the glass.

In the studio I have also been creating some black and white landscapes which deal with marks, gesture and ideas of paths. I found out from my walk that I want to study colour in a very minimal way, as colour can be very provocative in its nature. I want the expression of my work to be as organic as possible, and not have my audience read into the colour, but read into the lines and marks I create.

I will be exploring this further and on a grander scale when I finish my dissertation! Thanks for listening and enjoy the images,

Ed